चुल्ली

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian; ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *col. Compare Tamil உலை (ulai).

Pronunciation

Noun

चुल्ली • (cullī) stem?

  1. fire-place
  2. funeral pile
  3. large apartment or hall composed of three divisions, one looking north, another east, and the third west

Descendants

  • Bengali: চুলা (cula)
  • Marathi: चूल (cūl)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀘𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀻 (cullī), 𑀘𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀺 (culli)